Lebohang Mokoena (born 29 September 1986 in Soweto, Gauteng) is a South African footballer who plays for Moroka Swallows.
Mokoena is known for his pace and dribbling ability and is most commonly found playing upfront or on the right-wing. He has no relation with former Portsmouth FC player Aaron Mokoena.
He is also extremely famous for being featured on Football Manager 2005 as a high potential and relatively cheap signing.
Lebohang Mokoena Age
He was born on the 29th of September 1986 in Soweto, Gauteng. As of 2023, Lebohang Mokoena is 37 years old and celebrates his birthday on September 29th every year.
Early beginnings
Mokoena started playing football at eight in the streets of his birthplace, Diepkloof, in Soweto.
While growing up, Mokoena excelled in other sports athletics. He had a keen interest in sprinting and broke records in the 100, 200 and 800-meter events at his Primary school. Mokoena began playing football for his local team, Diepkloof Hellenic.
Career
Mokoena’s arrival into the professional ranks was promoted to the first team at seventeen. He made his PSL debut as a substitute in the 2–2 draw away to Santos on 1 November 2003, playing twenty-four matches in that season, starting eleven and coming off the bench thirteen times; he netted five goals.
In the next season (2004–05), his efforts were rewarded when he won the club’s Most Improved Player of the Year award.
In 2006, Lebohang was promoted to Orlando Pirates senior team, where he spent three seasons, before moving to Pretoria side Mamelodi Sundowns, which he currently plays for but hasn’t made much of an impact due to injuries.
National career
Mokoena is one of a few young players in the country who has the record of having represented his nation at all levels, starting with the Under-17 (14 caps), U-20 (2 caps), and he was a regular figure, and one of the top goal scorers, in the U-23 squad.
“Cheeseboy”, nicknamed, made his international debut in a 2–1 win against Mexico during the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States on 8 July 2005.
Net Worth
Lebohang Mokoena has an estimated net worth of $500,000 which she has earned form her successful career.
Reference
- The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article on 8 Dec 2020. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
